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[echo5oscar]

Where is a good place to find crappie in Maryland? Seems everyone heads to occoquan....

[jet]

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what about the VA66 corridor? (work in that area)

[M_Duong60]

Ha ha title could be a little more child friendly but whatever....anyway i'm not entirely sure, I actually go to Occoquan quite a bit although maybe Severn has some crappie.

[echo5oscar]

Forgot about you Minh! I am a good ways from occoquan, but going to hit it up one of these days. I will hit you guys up for more info when it looks I might get to swing down there.

[J.A. Veil]

maybe Severn has some crappie.

I have never heard of crappie in the Severn -- maybe they can be found all the way upstream near Indian Landing, but I don't think they are downstream in the brackish section.

[dhawk]

Dont know about the severn I used to fish The marshy hope river near federalsburg md and catch some nice crappie along with bass and the white perch fishing there is excellent at times

[moc]

I heard of crappie being caught at many of the area lakes, Mattawoman, and Creeks in the Fort Washington area off of the Patomac.

[DanMarino]

Plenty of crappie in Triadelphia Reservoir, but the season doesn't open there until April 1.

[echo5oscar]

Thanks for the input guys. Triadelphia isn't too far of a drive from work. I could hit that place up before hand.

[BassMoore]

Potomac river holds massive amounts of crappie , huge crappie as well.

i went in dec and landed 10 over 14 inches near the spoils.

if u launch in Virgina and paddle over to the Maryland side which is less then 1/4 mile. and fish in 13-20 ft you can hammer crappie all day

[DanMarino]

Troll the Branch Arms

Thanks for the input guys. Triadelphia isn't too far of a drive from work. I could hit that place up before hand.

Find a fallen tree and troll a beetle spin slowly about 10 feet past the end of the tree. I've caught crappies while trolling beetle spins, x-raps, and using a bottom bouncer and nightcrawler worm harness and using the bouncer to troll floating rapala minnow lures. Firetiger, has worked well in stained conditions. In June I found plenty while trolling the branch arms of the reservoirs. You'll catch plenty of white perch and some yellow perch too.

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[sparky1423]

Where is a good place to find crappie in Maryland? Seems everyone heads to occoquan....

I will keep an eye on this thread, I would love to catch crappie close to home. The only crappie I caught were in Loch Raven before my yak days. I hear there are some in the joppatowne quarry, but if you eat them, you might grow a third arm with all the heavy metal rumors in the local forums.

[echo5oscar]

It would take me longer to peddle to the quarry than drive to the launch. I have heard about there too. I will have to hit that place up soon.

[AbuMasgouf]

Potomac river holds massive amounts of crappie , huge crappie as well.

i went in dec and landed 10 over 14 inches near the spoils.

if u launch in Virgina and paddle over to the Maryland side which is less then 1/4 mile. and fish in 13-20 ft you can hammer crappie all day

I'm not familiar with all the Potomac areas... where is this?

[deleonjo]

Re: Tridelphia - I believe that for 2013, they lengthened the season for the WSSC reservoirs (Tridelphia, Rocky Gorge) from 3/15/13-11/30/13. They also increased the season permit to $70.